• videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month July 14, 2026 @ 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
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  • schedule 90 minutes

Structuring Healthcare Management Arrangements: Corporate Practice of Medicine, Regulatory Compliance

About the Course

Introduction

This CLE course will provide guidance to counsel involved in structuring healthcare management arrangements. The panel will discuss the nuts and bolts of structuring the transaction, including solutions to the specific risks presented by the corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting issues. The panel will also address regulatory compliance unique to the healthcare industry and compensation issues.

Description

Management arrangements are deployed to manage nearly every healthcare entity, including physician practices, outpatient surgery, home health agencies, clinical laboratories, and rural hospitals. Physician practice management arrangements play a crucial role in states that have bans on the corporate practice of medicine. Many hospital systems have opened management companies to compete or partner with national for-profit chains.

Counsel must consider several factors unique to healthcare when structuring management arrangements, including the corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting rules and prohibitions, as well as the Anti-Kickback Statute and other regulatory compliance requirements.

Counsel must also consider compensation and the determination of fair market value (FMV). Further, documentation of FMV is critical in arrangements where a healthcare facility and management services provider may generate referrals.

Listen as our authoritative panel of healthcare advisers examines healthcare management services. The panel will discuss the regulatory challenges, including AKS and Stark law compliance and corporate practice of medicine issues. The panel will also examine compensation, including FMV considerations. In addition, the panel will offer structural guidance.

Presented By

Khaled J. Klele
Partner
McCarter & English

Mr. Klele is a dedicated and knowledgeable healthcare attorney. He represents numerous clients in the healthcare industry, including group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, telemedicine providers, laboratories, medispas, infusion centers, healthcare service firms, home health agencies, imaging centers, addiction centers, senior living facilities, management service organizations (MSOs), pharmacies, hospitals, and rural clinics, among others. Mr. Klele is well-versed in healthcare litigation, regulatory compliance matters, and transactional matters, providing comprehensive legal support to his clients. He is an experienced litigator, and with extensive knowledge of regulatory issues, Mr. Klele represents healthcare clients in a wide range of disputes including payor audits, healthcare reimbursement issues, including ERISA, and claims involving the federal False Claims Act and its state equivalents. He also represents his clients in contract disputes, partnership disputes, facility construction disputes, non-compete actions, as well as other general litigation matters. Additionally, Mr. Klele represents individual physicians and other healthcare professionals before their respective boards for investigations and disciplinary actions, as well as in other licensing matters.

Ashley N. Osak
Principal
Polsinelli

Ms. Osak provides innovative, thoughtful and strategic legal solutions that are unique to each client’s needs. Her practice consists primarily of health care mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic affiliations for a wide variety of health care clients. Those clients regularly include non-profit hospitals and health systems, private equity groups and their health care portfolio funds, publicly traded health care systems, as well as large physician and specialty provider groups and medical spas. Ms. Osak has extensive experience in providing guidance on the corporate practice of medicine, health care transaction notice requirements in California, and licensure and certification requirements for professionals and professional entities.

Credit Information
  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, July 14, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT

I. Structuring healthcare management arrangements

A. Corporate practice of medicine

B. Fee-splitting

II. Regulatory compliance

A. Anti-Kickback Statute

B. Stark law

C. State laws

III. Compensation and FMV considerations

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark law compliance
  • Practice management and the ban on the corporate practice of medicine
  • FMV compensation for management service